Clothes-protecting device



J. L. BENSON.

CLOTHES PROTECTING DEVICE.

. APPLICATION FILED APR. 18. I913. RENEWED 05c. 20. I920.

31,36,755 Patenmd Aug. 9, 19211.,

Janli. 7367? son.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

JEAN L. BENSON, 0T5 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-TRQTECTING DEVICE.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

' Patented An 9, i321.

Application filed April 18, 1913, Serial No. 761,906. Renewed. December20, 1920. Serial No. 432,136.

Be it known that I, nan L. BENSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in ClothesProtectingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for protecting clothing and has forits object to provide a new and improved device of this description. Theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1is a view of one form of the device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view with parts omitted of the top frame piece of thedevice;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the top frame piece of the device with thecover removed taken on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4i4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 66 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a simple and eflicientclothes protecting device which may be placed in an ordinary closet orany other position and which will protect the clothes placed therein andcan be made at little cost and easily placed in position.

In the construction illustrated in the drawings I provide a top framepiece 1 made of any desired material but preferably of metal. In theconstruction, illustrated this frame piece is made of a metal strip orband bent into shape and having the ends fastened together. At one sideof the top frame piece I provide the two supporting pieces 2 by means ofwhich the device is held in position. These supporting pieces may be ofany desired construction. As herein shown, these supporting pieces areprovided with openings 3 which are enlarged at their lower ends so as topermit the passage therethrough of the enlarged ends or heads of nailsscrews or other devices by means of which the frame is fastened to asupport. The enlarged ends of the fastening devices pass through theenlarged portions of the openings and the frame is then slid down sothat the shanks f the supp rting devices enter the narrow portions ofthe openings. The frame 1 is provided. with the cross piece 4- whichextends across the top thereof. A hook 5 is fastened to this cross pieceand the device may be suspended from a rod by means of this hook insteadof being fastened to the wall by the fastening pieces 2 if desired. Theframe 1 is provided with a hanger support 6 which extends thereacrossand upon which clothes hangers are suspended in the usual manner. Thelower end of the hook 5 preferably engages the hanger support 6 as shownin Fig. 4.

An outside covering 7 made of some suitable cloth is placed over theframe 1 and is provided at the bottom with a stiffening piece such asthe wire 8 which extends therearound. The cover 7 is provided with slits9 through which pass the fastening pieces 2. In the ordinaryconstruction of the device there is a seam running along this edge andthe seam is simply left open at these points. The covering is alsoprovided with an opening for the hook 5 said opening being preferablyprovided with an eyelet 10. A slit i1 is made in said cover throughwhich the clothes placed on suitable hangers are inserted and removed.In assembling the device a cover of cloth is placed over the frame thestiffening piece 8 being placed therein. The entire device is thensuspended upon suitable supports by means of the fastening pieces or ishung from a rod by means of the hook The clothes are then insertedthrough the slit 11 which closes up when released and normally remainsclosed.

I claim:

1. A device for protecting clothes comprising a top frame piece, a crosspiece ex tending across the top of said frame piece in the middlethereof, a clothes hanger support extending across said frame below saidcross piece, a hook connected with said clothes hanger support andextending upwardly beyond said cross piece and adapted to be attached toa fixed support, a flexible closed cover surrounding said frame andsupported thereon and provided with an opening through which said hookprojects.

2. A device for protecting clothes, comprising a flexible inclosingdevice, having a flexible top and bottom and a flexible connectingportion connecting said top and bottom, said flexible connecting portionhaving a vertical self-closing slit therein through {which articles areplaced and removed from the inclosin device" two stiff frame piecescontained within said inclosing de- Vice, one at the top and the otherat the bottom thereof, said frame pieces spreading out the top andbottom of the said inclosing device so as to form and hold it in theshape of a hollow receptacle, both of said frame pieces being removablyheld in posi- 7 top supporting piece, said lower frame piece 7 actingasa weight to automatically close said slit and hold it closed when thein'clos ing de\;ice.is suspended from its support, said top and bottomframe pleces' adapted to be removed through said slit, so. that theinclosing device may be collapsed for ship? ping. V 1 s In testimonywhereof, I affix-my s gnature and those of two witnesses this 29th dayof March, 1913; v r

"JEAN L. BENSON,

Witnesses: i

RoBT. N. BURTON, s DENlE A. WALTERS,-

